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Electron Microscopy in Bone Tumor Diagnosis

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Bone and Joint Disease

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Pathology ((CT PATHOLOGY,volume 71))

Abstract

Recent developments in electron microscopy in the field of clinical pathology have illustrated a firmly established role for the electron microscope in the routine of diagnostic pathology. It will not and cannot displace the optical microscope as a diagnostic tool, however, and so light and electron microscopic examinations of biopsy material are complementary. Whereas the light microscope enables us to examine a wide area of the specimen, electron microscopy with its greater resolution adds important details, that facilitate and substantiate the correct differential diagnosis.

Supported by Bundesministerium für Jugend, Familie und Gesundheit Grant No. 341-172/9 and by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SFB 104

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  1. Department of Morbid Anatomy, The London Hospital Medical College, E1 1BB, GB-London, UK

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Roessner, A., Grundmann, E. (1982). Electron Microscopy in Bone Tumor Diagnosis. In: Berry, C.L. (eds) Bone and Joint Disease. Current Topics in Pathology, vol 71. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68382-4_6

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